This Huge River Has The BIGGEST FISH I've Ever Seen!!

[@AngryOtter614]

Me and my dad camped there for a week In June of 1987. Had a cottage on an island, no tv's, my dad brought steaks, chops, chicken, bacon, sausage so much great food. It didn't rain once that week. We ate breakfast, fished, ate lunch, fished until dark, had dinner, and went to bed. Rinse and repeat. I lost count of the Pike I caught. Caught a trophy smallmouth and even a big largemouth and a bunch of walleye. I miss the old man, but treasure the memories of that trip. Never forget the trip to our cottage, guy driving this boat full speed in between all these huge boulders in the water. It was anazing.

[@Alan-oo2cq]

This is the French in northern Ontario no steel mills pristine waters mouth of French has NO cottages1200 sq miles of wilderness on georgen bay You should go up hwy 400 to 69hwy to the Key river marina About 3_4 hrsor keep going to upper french awesome times

[@andrewgeorgelang]

I was surfing KZbin and found this video. I knew exactly where you fella's were at. Then you boated right past my family cottage. What are the odds of that LOL. Thanks for sharing

[@absoluteunitmedia]

No problem! You’re a lucky guy! What a beautiful place

[@FishingBiodiversity]

Crazy adventure and stunning places dude! Cheers from Italy🫶🏻

[@matthewh117]

Great work guys! What an amazing trip! Fish everywhere! A well deserved fantastic trip for you guys! Thanks Bro's

[@absoluteunitmedia]

Thank you!

[@LovingDeantheGodMachine333]

Can we get a fall flathead Friday soon??please 🤣👍loved the video though some nice fishing there it seems! Tight lines brother!

[@absoluteunitmedia]

I’ll see what I can do!

[@LovingDeantheGodMachine333]

@@absoluteunitmediano pressure 🤣just those flathead videos are some my favorite besides the walleye night fishing but they been helping me learn how to target them big flats you be getting!

[@davidmichaeldewalt161]

Pat and his brother John have the Musky game on lock. These boys can fish and I’m thankful to experience it.

[@absoluteunitmedia]

🙏 thanks Dave

[@ihaholic]

Here we go!!!!!!

[@sonjabraun6205]

Loved seeing you prepping and eating the shore lunch

[@absoluteunitmedia]

Delicious

[@sgangling]

This was an awesome video. Maybe my favorite yet. Keep it up!

[@absoluteunitmedia]

Thanks Sam!! Good to hear

[@marijuonko7092]

I'm from a area that had alot of steel mills back in the day. It destroyed our local big river and most the smaller creeks leading into it. The water is orange. Well recently started fishing it amd caught 3 trout over 20 inches. A small mouth 24 inches. Caught more trophy fish in this river recently then any other body of water I ever fished. I don't usually keep fish. But one of the rainbow trout I caught didn't make it. Damn thing is 26 inches amd fatter then a football. Recently started fishing for musky with giant jerk baits. Just had a fish empty a entire spool of 15 pound test. It bite and pulled drag till I was out of line. Got the encounter on video. The fish was 4 foot long easily. I don't see a carp grabbing a massive jerk bait. It's hard to tell what kind of fish it was. But I found my dream river. No one else fishes it. And I'm fishing inside city limits. The river is massive also. All to myself. I'm located in sw Pennsylvania.

[@needysleddog8724]

Don’t use 15lb test for muskies lol

[@lonniekaytrader5453]

Awe Lockhaven. One of my favorite places on the French River. I’ve been there several times I’ve caught many walleye, pike, and many bass but never caught a musky there. The food is also outstanding. Hope you had a great time. I saw my first wild there.

[@lonniekaytrader5453]

Wolf, Iol

[@Kayakfishingontario]

Awesome fun video. What a time you guys had

[@aaronparise6638]

This maybe my favorite video you’ve ever done. Cmon!

[@absoluteunitmedia]

Cmon

[@fishndidz]

Nice job with the ski! Great patience on the fight!

[@absoluteunitmedia]

Thanks!

[@bigbkeepitreelfishing]

I love the French River. We stayed at the Lunge Lodge. I highly recommend Scott and his team. Great video. Love this channel.

[@absoluteunitmedia]

Thanks! We went there once or twice years ago but settled on Crane’s for our annual trip

[@OrigionalDroog]

Great fish!

[@absoluteunitmedia]

Thanks!

[@ozzcarver7981]

How do you go about even picking a Muskie lure when there are so many options?

[@absoluteunitmedia]

You catch your first one and then you never take that lure off 😂. But really that’s kind of true…

[@alexrocco5224]

Man, that musky went from "I ain't movin" to "Get me the Heck ahhta here!" what a kick!

[@absoluteunitmedia]

Love to see it

[@adamembry52]

Awesome fish! Great work!

[@absoluteunitmedia]

Thanks!

[@adamembry52]

@@absoluteunitmedia you and that net to make me nervous 😂 but I get 45 is 45 ! Great job!

[@vtek2508]

Had a musky eat my smallie at the french as well but out of Hartley, off shore just like you guys right by my camp site. French river is so sick.

[@absoluteunitmedia]

That’s awesome

[@paulrosenberger9363]

Nice fish Pat!!

[@absoluteunitmedia]

Thanks Paul!

[@MattVavrochFishing]

Great stuff as always dude, glad your trip north paid dividends!!

[@absoluteunitmedia]

Thanks bro! It was tough tbh really happy to have bagged a good one !

[@craigforsberg560]

what a nice looking place congratulations

[@absoluteunitmedia]

Thanks

[@JavonnMusgrove]

The musky eating the small mouth and the cast to save the canoe 🤌🏽

[@absoluteunitmedia]

🙏

[@alexgolash932]

awesome!

[@northernirishviking7283]

Belter of a video, some cracking fishing, well done

[@absoluteunitmedia]

🙏

[@thefreshangle1795]

Great video brother!!

[@absoluteunitmedia]

Thanks Aaron!

[@thebigbaiter]

Nice video! Can you advise me on this - when I'm working a jerkbait, the line on my Tranx 400 tend to create sort of a cone on the spool, not a nice even line distribution. On your vids I see it doesn't happen. Can you please share your opinion on that?

[@absoluteunitmedia]

Hmm so it doesn’t happen with other baits? Not sure why that would be. Since the line guide doesn’t move when you cast, sometimes I will end up with line built up on one side or the other. When that happens I like to make a really long cast and if the line remaining on my reel still isn’t flat, I’ll strip out a few feet by hand until it is and until the line is lined up with the guide. Hope this helps

[@MarkyBoyle]

I've had a canoe float away while catching a musky too. hilarious stuff

[@maxcole3930]

What size & type line are you using when targeting musky & are you using a stainless steel litter, so you don't get bit off?? I used to do ton of pike, walleye, small mouth fishing. When I lived up north & took trips up to Canada few times. Now living down south. I don't think there's pike walleye down here? I haven't came across any, I have caught chain pickerel but small ones. Definitely good largmouth, striper & crappie fishing though! One my new spots I found is loaded with 14-15" crappie & I've caught ton of monster largmouth! This summer I've caught many 4's & 5.8 - 5.10 - 6.1 - 7.4 - 8.05 - 8.6 - 9.3 & my current PB largemouth an 11.4 she was 26.25 inches long & 17 inches I'm girth. Pulling my kayak extremely hard! I broke my largmouth PB 3 times in past few months. All released most importantly! That area your at is beautiful & looks like a blast to fish in the kayak

[@absoluteunitmedia]

For my musky rods I use 100 lb braided line and a single strand 175 lb steel leader I twist myself

[@k2_fx521]

Is that 300 baitcasting reel or 400 in that last part of the video. Thanks

[@jd8745]

Thats heaven right there!

[@absoluteunitmedia]

You bet!

[@TURBOINTEGRATYPER]

What a wicked trip.! Where abouts were you when you lost the canoe and had to cast for it.? Lol. Would like to try that spot.!

[@absoluteunitmedia]

Just do the float trip around Commanda island and you’ll pass it!

[@TURBOINTEGRATYPER]

@@absoluteunitmedia Awesome thank you sir

[@mattkoch3117]

Im a fellow Pittsburgh guy trying to get into musky this spring. What leader would you recommend? Do you use wire or flouro?

[@absoluteunitmedia]

Usually 175 lb stiff wire. I tie it myself. I do Exactly this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4DEf2mBpJWLrpIsi=B6JYovLIq5Tsj1-B Although in the future I may go a bit heavier to avoid kinks with certain baits

[@empathninja541]

Nice release

[@absoluteunitmedia]

Blast off

[@empathninja541]

Check out my Short with releasing my 47" Mahoning River Giant from the Bank in Ohio.. she did similar....love your Channel...subbing

[@absoluteunitmedia]

Thanks I will! @@empathninja541

[@justinharris3757]

Keep the fish swimming don't let them stop and headshake, step back away from the rail with the rod to get the fish closer to the boat for an easy net job

[@absoluteunitmedia]

These are good tips thank you

[@omarhill7345]

what drone are you using?

[@absoluteunitmedia]

It’s not mine but it’s a DJI mavic air 2

[@noahramer3357]

Can tell their not used to fishing rivers. And catching that big one made me hungry for muskies now. One of the best eating in my skillets

[@Fishy9829]

Bro no way you eat muskies

[@noahramer3357]

@Fishy9829 wanna bet, next fillet muskie. I'll post it here, and after it's cooked I'll enjoy eating the moist flakey meat

[@danielsonBBM]

@@noahramer3357 try eating a Muskie on the French, the locals will leave you inna river bed

[@noahramer3357]

@danielsonBBM ya so what I enjoy eating them

[@upallnyte2000]

Years ago fishing a canal in Florida I pulled in a 9 iron golf club, longest thing I caught on my pole, but that canoe beats them all. Nice Muskie grab on the smallie and nice catch on the Musky! I hope KZbin can turn into a full time job for you,

[@absoluteunitmedia]

Thanks brother! Me too

[@woodfarmer8413]

What month was this?

[@absoluteunitmedia]

Early September

[@JonathanHaberski]

I fished the French River with a buddy, and Len Hartman and my buddy caught a 38" that had 12" bite marks right in the middle. Must of been Megaldonski that was trying to eat that. 😅

[@tamanvui009]

câu cá giải trí vui quá, chúc mấy anh bội thu nhe

[@absoluteunitmedia]

Thanks!

[@zachvecenie114]

Been going to Lochaven since I was a kid. Caught my pb on a fat bastard back in 2015 it was 54.5”. Great catch and video

[@absoluteunitmedia]

What an epic way to catch a fish that big!!! I got my PB there in 2017. 54” on Mr whiggly. Almost got the free 5 night stay but then someone got a 55.5” the same year 😂 😭

[@SOFTAILX]

12:10. Was crazy

[@GPHOWE]

Kiddie rapids. Try the Crookeds then the Jamiesons. If really brave shoot the Devils Door.

[@markhoel7054]

Fished it. Joe modra of tionesta pa had the voyager cabins at lower french.then lightning burned main building .great memories. A place you always caught a musky...if you fished right devils door and Jamison channel were good and came back the up channel

[@ryanrobitaille5903]

That was perfect musky weather other than the sun when you said that they love shit wind

[@captainsmate5770]

What country is French river?

[@absoluteunitmedia]

Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦

[@zzzubmno2755]

Musky are nice, but I would much rather go for monster walleyes and the French river is full of them.

[@absoluteunitmedia]

@zzzubmno2755 Check out out my personal best walleye, caught it last fall down here in Pittsburgh: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWKZm4Gwj8RjedU

[@Nigerian_mann]

Music?

[@absoluteunitmedia]

My friend makes it…his SoundCloud is in the description

[@brettcox7941]

WE GOOD!?!? KINDA! 😆

[@Bakonbitz101]

Man you gotta get that little signature on some clothes with a lil musky or sum would buy in a heartbeat

[@absoluteunitmedia]

I got you

[@Shreklington]

hey my cottage is here

[@absoluteunitmedia]

Where’s my invite 😂

[@Alan-oo2cq]

Fished the French all the time both from upper all the way to lake Huron and the key river.put in at key river stop at georgen bay fish camp camp on an island and goto mouth of french and wolf you can go up the falls towards hwy 69 you need to know how to go up the falls The French Georgen bay all the time just go to Key river marina Putin there great time wonderful stars trolling at night 👍😎❤️🇨🇦

[@seanslaby8449]

Chunkmaster flex

[@absoluteunitmedia]

Zone

[@matthill2898]

Dude did u know that fish that grabbed that smallmouth was a giant pike! Check out the tail

[@absoluteunitmedia]

The tail does look like a pike tail 100%. But I swear in person is was a musky…perhaps a tiger because they still have that rounded pike tail…

[@johnreynolds5872]

I also paused and zoomed in, looks like a pike, but I’ve also watched you catch a ton of muskie, so I didn’t want to question it.

[@absoluteunitmedia]

@@johnreynolds5872I noticed the tail thing looking at the video too, even before you mentioned it. I just thought I got such a good look at it in person I would’ve noticed if it was a pike… it’s possible I made a mistake but they do have tigers as well which I’m not used to seeing

[@matthill2898]

Either way great video wish you could have caught that thing

[@pvegod1484]

American guys have such a different attitude to us uk guys when it comes to using leaders where there are pike. If you told someone here you’re fishing for perch and not using a wire leader they would shout you down for bad fish care. Guess it’s because there’s a lot less water/fish to catch so it’s best if they all stay alive 😂 not hating just so different here great vid

[@absoluteunitmedia]

I generally always use a leader, put one on right after. Not trying to loose fish

[@pvegod1484]

@@absoluteunitmedia nah I agree man I’ve thrown baits loads without leaders. What do you guys use for leaders on your heavy musky setups? I use 1mm diameter mono/flouro here for big northerns here

[@pittsburghangler]

Canada is so sick

[@absoluteunitmedia]

Yes it is